Daily Republican., 1887-04-20
Gp.ToRs AND phoPRlEvoRs
wxDnEsDAx. Ark1L go. 1887.
Entered ct the Post Office at Whining.
~ OAl., ~ second class mail matter.


Shall there be an active cam paign In
1Avor OF calling Constitutional Con-
vmtion, II question which 10 now
hssx,nuinR to asitate the minds OF the
pNople Of New Castle County with
80 vsue .~ntimeut In favor Of the cam
pxisu. 30 far d the Republicans are
concerned they would be compelled 70
10 into the contest with their hanas
tied behind their backs. Not less than
six thousAni voters, two-thirds OF them
OF shat party, are disfrsnchised from
voting ct the next election. THIS class
~ v~te-s " ,hev bad votea would De IL
1avor Of Convention and their votes
would help 70 put the measure through
ut - matters now stand they can
have NO voice 20 far % casting ballot
4. ovucerneo. This fact has beeb
strongly urged as reason why kspno'
licans should take no part In the elec-
tien for or against calling aconvention.
This excuse 10 not valid one, simply
because the election to be held Is in 10
souse q partisan contest. True, the
urcvisiou for the election was made oy
q Democratic Legislature, but that does
not maks l5 partisan IN any sense. Id
the election TO be held. the lines have
not been drawn, and the probability Is
anal the Democrats will be AZ strongly
: in favor OF calling o Constitutional
! Com ention as Repu blicans are. 1t will
clearly then be the duty OF Repuhli cane
{. - take part In the election. II they do
not 90 30, they will be accused after
2 wards Of defeating Constitutional re-
form which they professed before &c
favor. The eie,tion will be an ex
cepsional one from the fact that mere
majority will not elect, but the suceesl
of the measure depends upon the ability
Of the friends OF Constitutional reform
20 poll In round numbers 10000 votes
II the vote In favor Of the measure doe
not reach those figures, no Constitution
~ Convention will he called no matte
how many or how few votes may b
Ut against 1t. The great effort thel
Will be to cast 49, 900 votes for Don
sv,tuuonAl Don ventlOn. Every Demc
CRATIC and every Republican vote cat
for . convention will count alike IA
that purpose. There is no politics 1
the case. Democrats will vote for
convention and Repu b!ic cans will d
She same thing, and we only regr'
that there are some Of both parties WI
will vote against 1t. New Cast
County especially should 90 unit
favor OF cor vention, as she expects
prtfi, the most from one. l. is nj
likely that New Castle County will 8
What she wants and what sne shonl
have in convention, but when al
Where can she get that? She is mo
l.xsby w nave greater mede OF Jusn
Arfsd,oDk 10 her in convention tn!
INC - else Or il auy Other msnn'
,rs.re vi pc nothing gained to t
1.ruo,icI party by Republicans sui
49, an tbei tents and not voting-tht
OF them no have votes.
snoul; {tne coli for convention
ieseatedY through Republican apatf
the BLAME would rest upon the Repu
lican party, especially upon THAI p'
Of the Rspu olican party who haze vo
and did not cast them. IL Is too ii
for the disiranchised TO qualify for I
election next November, but thoss 1
disfr An chised can prepare themsel
90 discharge freeman's duty by p
pairing tham selves to swell the cont
gent OF 10000 votes required to cal
Constitutional Convention. Let ev'
citizen then, whether Republican
Dem ocrat, fall into iius and de act
work from now until the second Tt
day OF next November In favor OF
ing q Constitutional Convention.